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cose

cose verb: to make oneself cosy; to be snug.

Verb

cose (third-person singular simple present coses, present participle cosing, simple past and past participle cosed)

  1. (intransitive) To make oneself cosy; to be snug.
    • Told her of the bad cooking here; that I could get nothing to eat here or, sometimes, even at Shibden. We agreed we would have things nice sometime, our tastes suit & we are very thoroughly happy together. We cosed very comfortably.a 1821, Anne Lister, quoted in 1992, Helena Whitbread, I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister, 1791-1840 (page 171)

Forms of cose

third-person singular presentcoses
present participlecosing
past participlecosed
pastcosed
alternative formcoze

Origin of cose

Back-formation from cosy.

Questions about cose

What does cose mean?
Cose means to make oneself cosy; to be snug.
What part of speech is cose?
Cose is a verb.
What is the past tense of cose?
The past tense of cose is cosed.

Words near cose in the dictionary

  1. coscreenwriters
  2. coscript
  3. coscripted
  4. coscripting
  5. coscripts
  6. cose
  7. coseasonal
  8. coseasonally
  9. cosecant
  10. cosecants
  11. cosecreted

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